Kelab Keristamingsari

Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan sekelian alam. Tiada Tuhan selain Dia, Maha Kuat, Maha Penentu, Maha Perkasa, Maha Menguasai, Maha Esa, Maha Menentukan. Di dunia dan di langit ini tiada satu pun yang boleh melemahkanNya. Selawat dan salam ke atas penghulu kita Muhammad, hamba Allah dan RasulNya, imam para Mujahideen dan pemimpin pembukaan wilayah-wilayah Islam.

Sesungguhnya kejadian-kejadian yang berlaku sekarang ini di bumi Islam dan umat Islam, di bumi Gaza, Palestin yang bangkit teguh berdepan dengan pencerobohan dan penyembelihan yang diinkari oleh apa sahaja nilai, akhlak dan kemanusiaan semuanya, mewajibkan kami, sekumpulan para ulamak dan pendakwah di Mesir, menandatangani Kenyataan Umum ini sebagai mengemukakan pandangan kami, tanggungjawab kami di depan Allah swt dan menjelaskannya kepada orang ramai.



PERTAMA : Sesungguhnya Palestin yang diberkati Allah swt seperti yang disebut di dalam Al-Quran adalah bumi Islam dalam erti kata yang sebenarnya, Kiblat Pertama, di dalamnya terdapat masjid yang kedua di bina di atas muka bumi, masjid ketiga suci bagi umat Islam dan tempat israk Rasul kita saw. Oleh kerana itu, sesiapa pun tidak boleh mengalah dan menyerahkan walau seinci dari buminya kepada orang-orang bukan Islam. Firman Allah swt bermaksud, “Maha suci Tuhan yang mengisrakkan (menggerakkan) hambaNya di waktu malam dari Masjidil haram ke Masjidil Aqsa yang Kami berkati sekelilingnya, agar Kami memperlihatkan kepadanya sebahagian dari tanda-tanda (kekuasaan) Kami” (Al-Israk:1).

KEDUA : Zionis Antarabangsa yang berwajahkan Israel adalah manusia yang paling sengit permusuhannya terhadap orang-orang beriman disepanjang sejarah mereka. Telah jelas dan terbukti permusuhan mereka terhadap Allah dan rasul-rasulNya. Merekalah dalang setiap kejahatan, kerosakan, memunkiri perjanjian, menghalalkan perkara-perkara yang diharamkan Allah, khianat dan berdendam terhadap sesiapa sahaja yang berinteraksi dan mendekati mereka. Sesungguhnya mereka telah menceroboh bumi Palestin dengan mengusir dan membunuh penduduknya yang beragama Islam melalui dokongan berterusan dari Negara-negara Barat yang zalim dan bermusuhan. Firman Allah swt bermaksud, “Sungguh kamu akan dapati manusia yang paling sengit permusuhannya terhadap orang-orang beriman ialah orang Yahudi dan orang-orang musyrik” (Al-Ma’idah:82). Zionis Israel ini adalah kumpulan yang menceroboh dan menjajah bumi Palestin. Oleh itu Kebenaran mestilah dikembalikan semula kepada tuannya walau panjang mana berlalunya zaman. Kita tidak redha dan tidak menerima Penjajahan zalim dari puak Zionis ini terhadap Bumi Suci kita.

KETIGA : Jihad dijalan Allah dan Penentangan Bersenjata adalah pilihan yang strategik ke arah mengembalikan bumi yang diceroboh dan hak yang dicuri. Zionis sebenarnya tidak mengetahuii bahasa dalam bentuk perbincangan dan tidak memahami makna Perdamaian. Cara mereka ialah pembunuhan dan melakukan kerosakan di bumi. Oleh itu kami yakin bahawa satu-satunya bahasa yang difahami oleh mereka iala bahasa Jihad dengan segala cara dan jenis. Jangan dihentikan Jihad melainkan setelah orang Zionis yang terakhir keluar dari bumi Palestin. Firman Allah swt bermaksud, “Dan persiapkan (diri kamu dalam) menghadapi mereka (dengan) apa (sahaja) yang kamu mampu dari (bentuk-bentuk) kekuatan, dan dari kuda-kuda yang disiap siaga. Dengan (kekuatan) itu kamu menakutkan musuh Allah dan musuh kamu” (Al-Anfaal:60).

KEEMPAT : Mereka yang mengambil jalan Jihad dan Penentangan sebagai jalan mereka, memikul ruh-ruh mereka di atas bahu, menyumbangkan para Syuhadak, harta, mengorbankan apa yang mahal dan bernilai sebagai harga untuk membebaskan bumi ini, sekalipun musuh memiliki kelengkapan ketenteraan canggih dan kekuatan menyerang penuh kejam yang menyerlahkan kebencian membabi buta mereka terhadap setiap orang Islam, mereka itulah dari golongan yang dimenangkan dengan izin Allah. Mereka layak didokong, dibantu dan ditolong. Sabda Rasulullah saw bermaksud, “Akan terus ada satu golongan dari umatku yang terus terang di atas kebenaran, menentang musuh-musuh mereka sehingga datang ketentuan Allah sedang mereka masih dalam keadaan demikian. Seseorang Sahabat bertanya, “Dimanakah mereka ya Rasulullah ?”. Baginda saw menjawab, “Di Baitul Maqdis dan di sekeliling Baitul Maqdis”. (Hadis riwayat Ahmad).

KELIMA : Di sini kami ingin mengingat dan menegaskan peranan masyarakat dunia dalam membantu mereka dalam isu ini dan kewajipan di segi Syarak yang agama kita mewajibkan ke atas mereka ialah berjihad di jalan Allah dengan erti kata yang sebenar-benarnya, menyumbang bantuan material, melakukan pemboikotan ekonomi, politik dan kebudayaan terhadap Israel dan terhadap negara-negara yang mendokongnya samada di Barat atau Timur, menolak untuk mengadakan hubungan dengannya dalam apa jua bentuk sekalipun. Kami menegaskan bahawa haram berinteraksi dengan badan Zionis ini dan dengan sesiapa yang mendokongnya dalam apa bentuk sekalipun.

Kita wajib berpendirian seperti firman Allah swt bermaksud, “Dan janganlah kamu merasa hina, dan jangan (pula) merasa sedih sedang kamulah yang paling tinggi sekiranya kamu orang-orang beriman. Jika kamu ditimpa kesakitan, maka (ketahuilah bahawa) mereka juga ditimpa sakit seperti kamu. Demikianlah Kami mempergilirkan hari-hari (turun naik dan suka duka) dikalangan manusia. Dan supaya Allah mengetahui (siapa benar-benar) orang-orang beriman dan supaya Dia mengambil para Syuhadak dari kalangan mereka. Dan Allah tidak suka orang-orang zalim” (Ali Imran : 139-140).

Menjadi kewajipan sekelian umat Islam agar bersatu dan berhimpun di bawah satu kepimpinan. Setiap dari kalangan mereka menjalankan peranan masing-masing dan meninggalkan segala bentuk perselisihan yang dimurkai Allah yang membantutkan Jihad dijalanNya. Firman Allah swt bermaksud, “Dan berpegang tuguhlah kamu dengan tali Allah dan jangan kamu berpecah belah. Dan ingatlah nikmat Allah ke atas kamu ketika kamu dulu bermusuh-musuhan lalu Allah menyatukan hati-hati dan dengan nikmatNya kamu jadi bersaudara”. (Ali Imran : 103).

Ini adalah kenyataan umum kepada orang ramai. Setiap orang menanggung tanggungjawab masing-masing. Kepada para Mujahideen di Gaza, Palestin dan di mana sahaja bumi Islam yang sedang dijajah, kami katakan kepada mereka bahawa sesungguhnya dengan darah, kamu telah membayar harga Iman, keagungan dan kemuliaan. Oleh itu teguhlah kamu, maralah ke hadapan dan bersabarlah. Allah bersama kamu dan Dia sekali-kali tidak akan mensia-siakan amalan-amalan kamu. Firman Allah swt bermaksud, “Orang-orang yang apabila manusia berkata kepada mereka “Sungguh manusia telah menghimpunkan (kekuatan) untuk (memerang) kamu, maka takutkan kamu kepada mereka. (Namun yang jadi sebaliknya) maka bertambah keimanan mereka lalu berkata, ‘Cukuplah kami dengan Allah. Dialah sebaik-baik Pelindung” (Ali Imran : 173).

Ditandatangani oleh :

1. Dr Muhammad Abdul Mun’im Al-Birri - Ketua Barisan Ulamak Al-Azhar

2. Dr. Nasr Farid Wasil

3. Dr Zaghlul An-Najjar

4. Dr Abdul Sattar Fathullah Said

5. Dr Muhammad Ammarah

6. Dr Al-Fattah Asy-Syeikh

7. Dr Safwat Hijazi

8. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Jamal Qutb

9. Ustaz As-Syeikh Ahmad Al-Mahlawy

10. Dr Abdul Halim Uwais

11. Dr Mohd Rakfat Uthman

12. Dr Abdullah Barakat

13. Dr Abdullah Samak

14. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Abu Ishak Al-Huwainy

15. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Hazim Solah Abu Ismail

16. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Mohd Jibril

17. Dr Solah Sultan

18. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Ahmad Halil

19. Dr Mohd As-Soghir

20. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Saleim Abu Al-Futuh

21. Dr Ahmad Al-Assal

22. Dr Hazim As-Sarsawy

23. Dr Abdul Rahman Foudah

24. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Mohd Mustafa

25. Dr Hussein Syihatah

26. Dr Solah Harun

27. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Salamah Abdul Qawiyy

28. Dr Jamal Abdul Hadi

29. Dr Hasan Ubaid

30. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Mohd Abdul Fattah

31. Dr Ahmad Abu Huzaifah

32. Dr Alak As-Sayyid Abdul Rahim

33. Dr Umar Abdul Aziz

34. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Rejab Zaki

35. Dr Mazin As-Sarsawy

36. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Ahmad Sabry

37. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Ahmad Al-Juhayny

38. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Muzhir Amin

39. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Ali Abu Al-Hasan

40. Ustaz Asy-Syeikh Mustafa Al-Azhary

Diambil daripada : "Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia, 2008"

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The dollar is losing value on the Fed's quest to rescue the economy.

The Fed's quantitative easing, which is when the Central Bank floods the banking system with money to boost lending, may help get the economy back on track, but it's devaluing the dollar at an alarming rate.

On Tuesday, after cutting interest rates by 75 basis points, the Fed said that it would continue to buy up agency debt and mortgage-backed securities until lending loosened a bit.


"By indicating a willingness to, in essence, print more currency to buy assets of questionable nature, it is debasing the dollar by weakening its backing," wrote Ladenburg Thalmann analyst Richard Bove in a note to investors.

The dollar slid against most other currencies on Wednesday. The dollar no longer appears as a safe haven, hitting a 13-year low against the yen on Wednesday. The dollar fell to 87.45 yen toward the end of trading in New York, from 89.05 on Tuesday. The dollar fell 2.5% against the euro, its biggest one-day decline.

In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year benchmark Treasury note slid to 2.17%, from 2.37%, as investors continued to say the credit crisis isn't nearing an end. The iShares Lehman 10-20 Treasury bond (nyse: TLH - news - people ), an exchange-traded fund that tracks the sale of mature debt, gained 1.0%, or $1.19, to close at $121.88.

An interesting effect, however, was that demand is growing for 30-year Treasury bonds. The long bond, as it is known, was once the benchmark for the world market, but the United States stopped issuing them in the late 1990s as the federal budget was at or near balanced for a few years. After the Federal Reserve's Tuesday rate cut, which pushed short-term rates near zero (See "Fed Sends Stocks On Joyride"), investors are apparently looking to increase their returns, no longer showing any fear of inflation, which the Fed insisted wasn't a threat at the moment. On Wednesday, the 30-year bond jumped more than 2 points in price, trimming its yield to a low of 2.65%, from 2.72% late Tuesday.

America's tough times are reaching foreign shores. The U.S. current account deficit, a broad measure of international trade, shrank more than had been expected in the third quarter as American consumers, who for years had been supporting the world's exporters, reined in their purchases.

Maurna Desmond and Lisa LaMotta, 12.17.08, 05:30 PM EST

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Three economists discuss the rising dollar, declining commodities prices, falling corporate prices and the severity of the global recession.


A conversation with:

Alexander P. Paris, president and founder, Barrington Research Associates, Chicago, Ill. Barrington Research is a full-service investment firm, providing research, brokerage, investment banking and asset management services.


Stanley A. Nabi, vice chairman and chief economist/strategist, Silvercrest Asset Management Group, New York, N.Y. Silvercrest is an investment firm that operates primarily as a "family office" catering to high net-worth families and select institutions.

Kenneth Safian is president and founder of Safian Investment Research, a division of Burnham Financial Group. Located in White Plains, N.Y., Safian Investment Research provides investment strategy to institutional investors and manages money.

What state is the U.S. economy in right now, and where is it headed over the next two quarters?

Nabi: The U.S. is definitely in a recession, which will likely last through 1Q'09 or perhaps 2Q'09. The largest negative growth will probably be registered in 4Q'08.

Safian: The state of the U.S. economy is one of major transition with varying degrees of recession among sectors. The next two quarters should be weak, but new government policies by the new Administration could create less consumer pessimism and soften the decline.

Paris: The U.S. economy is in the later stages of a long, modest, overall downturn that began three years ago, but the downside momentum accelerated starting late in the third quarter of 2008 and continued into October. It will see negative gross domestic product growth (1%-2%) for the fourth quarter and into the first quarter of 2009 with a sluggish recovery beginning in the second quarter of 2009.

Do you believe that a severe recession or inflation should be a bigger concern right now for the Federal Reserve?

Nabi: For the next 12 to 18 months a severe recession should be the key concern for the Fed, particularly in the face of the global slowdown currently in progress. Inflation will likely take the top billing in about two to three years as we attempt to finance a ballooning deficit.

Safian: I believe a deeper recession will be of much greater concern to the Fed since it has already reduced rates and provided more funds for the system.

Paris: The Fed has already done enough to keep what is going to be a short period of modest negative GDP growth for the U.S. from becoming a serious recession. But it has laid the groundwork for significant inflation two years from now, which will become the challenge.

Do you expect the U.S. dollar to continue to increase in value versus the Euro over the next two quarters?

Nabi: The U.S. dollar should continue to appreciate, although further gains are expected by us to be moderate. We believe a value of $1.10 to $1.15/euro to be an equilibrium point.

Safian: I believe the dollar will be a relatively strong currency since the Fed stimulated early, and I think a new administration will be favorably viewed at the early stages of a new presidency.

Paris: The dollar is ahead of itself because of its safe-haven role and could correct. But the underlying trend over the next six months should still be up.

Where do you think the price of gold and oil are headed over the next two quarters, and what will be the impact on the U.S. economy?

Nabi: With the dollar seemingly as a "safe haven," gold should take a back seat. A 10%-20% decline in the price of gold (to about $600-$625) is a distinct possibility. Oil has further downside, perhaps to a range of $50-$55 per barrel, as global consumption declines moderately. The unknown on the oil front is how producers with fiscal needs (Iran, Venezuela, Nigeria, etc.) will behave in a period that calls for lower production and lower revenues.

Safian: I believe both the value of the dollar and the price of oil will be firm due to the increased stimuli by the government.

Paris: The price of gold and oil will settle in at levels around or slightly above the current prices. The positive dollar, together with lower oil and food prices, will be a plus for U.S. consumers and the overall economy.

Will the slowdown in economic growth in China have a big impact on the U.S. economy in 2009?

Nabi: China's slowdown should have a moderate but not decisive impact on the U.S. economy in 2009. Many U.S. manufacturers have established beachheads in China, and hence any slowdown will be shared on both ends.

Safian: I don't believe a slowdown in China will have as great an impact on our economy as will the domestic forces within our economy. Reduced Chinese exports to the U.S. may slow the Chinese economy, but it may be a positive for U.S. business conditions.

Paris: It will not have a substantial impact on the U.S. economy. The dollar will not strengthen against the non-Japanese currencies and therefore exports to the region will still remain healthy even with slower growth in China. Any slowdown will also help to keep oil and other commodity prices from rebounding very strongly and that is a plus for the U.S.

What period in our history, if any are applicable, would you compare our current economy to?

Nabi: There are no significant similarities between current economic conditions in the U.S. and those encountered any time in the past 100 years or more. The stagflation of the late 1970s/early 1980s was spawned by the very high and unsustainable interest rates of the period. It was also a time when the U.S. was in the process of rapidly losing its smokestack industries. Finally, even with high inflation and equally elevated interest rates, the financial system managed to function better than at present. (Parenthetically, invoking similarities to Japan of the past 16 years misses many differences).

Safian: I don't believe there was any prior period that was similar to the current environment. The 1987-1990 period was similar in some respects since corporate debt was over-extended, speculation existed and a recession unfolded later.

Paris: It is probably more comparable to the 1973-1975 period, which had a jump in oil prices and a severe housing correction. The recent U.S. bear market was also about the same size.

What year-over-year rates of change do you expect in corporate profits in 2008 and 2009, excluding banks and insurance companies?

Nabi: We expect corporate profits (after-tax) on a National Income Account basis to decline about 8.5% in 2008, with a further decline of 4%-5% in 2009, both year-on-year. Standard & Poor's operating earnings are forecast by us to decline by about 17.5% in 2008, with further decline of about 4.5%-5.5% in 2009--in the latter case mostly registered in the year's first half. Non-banks and non-insurers will likely report a 4% increase in 2008 and a 12% decline in 2009.

Safian: Your question about profits is interesting because U.S. nonfinancial corporations experienced a drop in domestic profits and an increase in foreign nonfinancial earnings. In 2007, such domestic profits were $868 billion compared to $939 billion in 2006. U.S. nonfinancial affiliates abroad had $261 billion in profits in 2007 compared to $202 billion in 2006.

These profits are before taxes. Nonfinancial corporate profits, as reported in the GDP accounts before taxes, were $1,006.5 billion in 2007 and $1,042.5 billion in 2006. In the second quarter of this year, those profits were $796.8 billion. Needless to say, we could expect profits to be down for 2008 and expect a moderate rebound at the end of 2009. The sector profits will be the story for 2009 and we need to await the new administration's ideas before making estimates with conviction.

Paris: We don't do detailed earnings forecasts for the market averages. Generally, the bulk of the heavy estimate reductions are in the process of switching to nonfinancial stocks. Since we don't expect a severe U.S. recession for 2009, we would only look for a single-digit decline in earnings, down in the first half but recovering in the second half.

What do you expect the annual change in the Consumer Price Index (including food and energy) to be in 2008 and 2009?

Nabi: The CPI is expected by us to increase 4% in 2008 and 2.2% in 2009, both year-over-year basis.

Safian: We would expect the year-over-year figure for the CPI to continue to decline as it did from August (5.4%) to September (4.9%). The December figure could be in the 4% area. As far as December 2009 is concerned, it's just a guess since new administration policies will be a major factor.

Paris: The CPI will be up around 4% in 2008 and up 1.5% in 2009.

Michael Ozanian, 11.07.08, 06:00 AM EST

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She said preliminary investigations showed the sex party was hosted by two men and those who attended it knew each other through Friendster -- a social network in the internet.

Those arrested were taken to the Kuala Lumpur contingent police headquarters.

Meanwhile, about 40 people were arrested for various offences during the new year's eve party in Bukit Bintang where several fights took place between drunken youths.

A number of people including foreign tourists also lost cash, passports and electronic gadgets to pickpockets and 10 police reports were lodged at the mobile police station deployed there.

-- BERNAMA


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